Questions about Bogota

Hello! I have a few questions about Bogota. 1. Does anyone know how strict customs is about letting someone pass with snack foods? I want to bring in 6-7 one pound bags of assorted nuts (almonds, walnuts, etc.). These bags would be sealed & unopened. These would be for my consumption and a gift or two. How about dried fruit? This would be in unsealed plastic bags. Maybe 2-3 pounds of raisins and apricots. Again for my consumption.

2. How expensive is laundry in Bogota. Want to travel very light so would need to have clothes laundered frequently.

Thanks.

By freedom on Jun 4, 2005, 15:57 in Friendly Talkzone.

utopiacowboy says on Jun 4, 2005, 16:01:

I've brought in all kinds of stuff, bags of chocolate bars, pistachios, bug repellent, you name it.

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juanalejo says on Jun 4, 2005, 16:06:

Food Only fresh food is not allowed in, any thing else is no problem.

miamimike says on Jun 4, 2005, 22:31:

The Laundries I went to in Bogota were pretty costly and I saw NO do it yourself type coin Laundermats. I usually do my own in my hotel room. I carry one of those Clothes lines campers use with several clothes pins and dry them in the bathroom. I have the Synthetic Quick Drying socks, underwear and T-shirts. If you are in a pinch and have a Micro-wave in your room-you can dry them in the oven but don't put them in for more then a couple minutes as you can melt the synthetics easily--cottons fabrics-not much of a problem.I also carry a small travel iron and these work good for drying clothes also.No idea why laundry services are so $$$ in Bogota. Maybe I hit the wrong places.

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Inti´illapha says on Jun 4, 2005, 23:23:

No Problems, I also always bring all kinds of stuff into Colombia.

Oh, what do you mean with "into Bogota"?
From somewhere in Colombia into Bogota is never a problem.

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william_andrew_channell says on Jun 8, 2005, 07:42:

There are some self-service laundromats in Bogota, but they're not coin operated (I don't think). There is one on 140 a few blocks below 7. I have no idea how much they charge, though. As for dry-cleaners and stuff like that, just find a working class neighborhood; all the dry cleaners send their clothes to the same plants to be washed, the difference in the price is for the rent of the dry cleaner's local.